The CD-i or Compact Disc Interactive is the name of an interactive multimedia CD player developed and marketed by Royal Philips Electronics N.V. CD-i also refers to the multimedia Compact Disc standard utilized by the CD-i console, also known as Green Book, which was co-developed by Philips and Sony in 1986. The first Philips CD-i player, released in 1991 and initially priced around USD $400, was capable of playing interactive CD-i discs, Audio CDs, CD+G (CD+Graphics), Karaoke CDs, and Video CDs (VCDs), though the last required an optional "Digital Video Card" to provide MPEG-1 decoding.

Early software releases in the CD-i format focused heavily on educational and self-improvement titles, with only a handful of video games, many of them adaptations of board games like "Connect Four". The most popular games for the system were The 7th Guest and Burn: Cycle. Later attempts to develop a foothold in the games market were rendered irrelevant by the arrival of cheaper and more powerful consoles, such as the Sony PlayStation. CD-i is noted for the release of several spinoffs of popular Nintendo video games featuring characters typically seen only on Nintendo consoles, although those games were not developed by Nintendo.

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Hotel Mario was a puzzle game that featured Super Mario Bros. characters and three Legend of Zelda games were released: Link: The Faces of Evil, Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon and Zelda's Adventure. Nintendo and Philips had secured an agreement to co-develop a CD-ROM enhancement for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and Philips was contractually allowed to continue using Nintendo characters after the deal fell through.

Although extensively marketed by Philips, consumer interest in CD-i titles remained low. By 1994, sales of CD-i systems had begun to slow, and in 1998 the product line was dropped. With the home market exhausted, Philips tried with little success to position the technology as a tool for kiosks and industrial multimedia.

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Venture into a fully animated game world of wizards and spectres of bright steel and dark magic, of heroic deeds and base treacheries. You are Lathan, striving to restore an amulet of great power – now scattered throughout 3 kingdoms – and defeat the evil Torlock, whose reign of terror has vanquished your homeland. Collect items of...

Fasten your star-belts, you're in for a bumpy ride! Aboard the Laser Lords star cruiser, you will explore Agros, a vast military industrial complex, woo, the idyllic Taoist garden planet, and Hive, with its famous anti-gravity chambers. Zendo is your mentor. He will guide you to bring strength and skills and amass weapons, documents and...

Ganon and his minions have seized the peaceful island of Koridai and imprisoned Zelda. Only Link can defeat Ganon. To do so, he must conquer the hideous Faces of Evil. Each more diabolic than the one before. Against all odds, Zelda must be freed and Koridai returned to harmony. This fast paced Arcade style game features 70 playfields. The...

Poor Mutt has to journey through the underworld to collect the Mystic Pizza of plenty. He has to battle the horrors of the Labyrinth of Chaos, over 5 fiendishly difficult levels and through 40 ghastly chambers of challenges! And you thought you'd had a bad day!

Award winning author Mercer Mayer's Little Monster come to CDi with his family and favourite friends. Children can follow Little Monster for a playful animated adventure with original songs, or interact with practically every object on the screen for creative and comical purposes.

Virgin and Cyro are proud to present a truly stunning CDi experience. The Lost Eden, an alternative prehistoric past where man and dinosaur co-exist. You are the star in this beautifully rendered first person perspective adventure. You must travel four continents and meet more than twelve different species of dinosaur each with it's own distinct...

Step back into the Old West in this action-packed adventure that pits you against the meanest desperados ever to ride the range. Mad Dog's back! And only you can stop him. Choose one of three guides and fight your way through a variety of trails in your quest to find the lost gold and return it to the old lodge where you'll face the longest...

This game requires the Digital Video Cartridge to play. This game can be used with the Peace Keeper revolver.

There's trouble in old Tuscon, Mad Dog McCree and his gang have kidnapped the mayor's daughter and locked up the sheriff. Blaze your way into town, and blast the desperados in a classic live action shooting game that takes you straight into the streets of the old west. Amazing live action digital video.

This game requires the Digital Video Cartridge to play. This game can be used with the Peace Keeper revolver.

From the Holy Land to China from the foothills of the Himalayas to the outer reaches of the Gobi Desert, relive the adventures of Marco Polo’s travels along the Silk Route. Increase your wealth as your trade in arms, gold and precious stones… As counsellor to Kubilai Khan, the Mongol emperor or as the Pope’s messenger, you will...

In your hands lies the first interactive magic set, hosted by the one and only Max Magic, expert extraordinaire of virtuality and the robot alter-ego of renowned mentalist Max Maven. Be prepared to laugh, for Max is always witty and wise. Max will call you by first name as you partner with him to perform astonishing tricks that will baffle your...

Prepare to be aMAZED! 165 mazes await you, loaded with obstacles certain to test your skills and challenge your brain power in this unique game of strategy and mind bending fun. Your mission is to manoeuvre a ball to its destination, avoiding laser pulses, spark generators, mine fields and pits of doom that devour your ball, just to name a few of...

Leap into a magical fully animated world of medieval sorcery, where you must solve puzzles at every turn – mastering secret codes, capturing elusive enchantments, conjuring spells and matching wits with demons in your quest to find Merlin and win his trust. Thirty mind-boggling puzzles wait you, with 8 types of tricky sorcerer’s...

Aesop's fables enter the 21st Century in an exciting new format, CD-Interactive! Twelve more tales that have entertained and taught countless generations are brought to today's kids through the beautiful narration of Danny Glover and the music of Jazz great Ron Carter. Not only are the stories told, but the morals are explained.

This animated activity book artfully combines the pleasures of hearing and seeing nursery rhymes and with the fun of picking out hidden objects! Your children will be charmed by the classic picture book illustrations and the voice of A&M recording artist Linda Arnold. Kids can choose from a selection of twenty-six popular Mother Goose rhymes.

Mother Goose escorts your children as they wander through their most beloved nursery rhymes. Beautifully illustrated in a traditional style, the rhymes are sung in original arrangements by A & M recording artist Linda Arnold. Not only can your kids see and listen, they can also participate!

Civilisation is in decay. Teams of bionic warriors rule the ravaged capitals of the world. But now a human challenge has been issued - YOU! Only you have the speed and skill to beat the mutants and triumph the Mutant Rampage.

What a great way to learn a language! Just follow the adventures of Muzzy, the BBC's friendly green monster from outer space. With thirty interactive lessons, story segments and games to choose from in English and French, children find language learning both highly motivating and great fun!

Heeee’s back! Dr Dearth, that wild and crazy carnival barker from Mystic Midway’s Rest in Pieces, returns to host the next attraction in his demented amusement park, a rock’em, sock’em rollercoaster called Phantom Express. Work your way through seven ‘stages of life’ from infant to old age, to beat this 3D...

Somewhere between heaven and earth stands the Mystic Midway. It's Live Action "master of cemeteries", the humorously insulting Dr Dearth, welcomes you to his shooting gallery, Rest in Pieces! Fire away at ghosts, ghouls, and all the things that go bump in the night. It's so frightfully fun, you might never return!

This disc offers you a unique opportunity of seeing at first hand the world of WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature. More than 250 high quality pictures, thirty minutes of narrative and an introduction by actor and naturalist Bill Oddie not only reveal some of the stunning wonders of the natural world but also tell the compelling tale of WWF's race to...

NFL Hall of Fame Football lets you live out the ultimate football fantasy. Recruit your dream team form the 145 football legends of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and compete against 40 of the most formidable NFL teams ever to take the field.

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Whack a bubble; the actionpuzzle game for 1 or 2 players, featuring more than 100 levels of sheer gaming pleasure and brainteasing fun. Beat the clock or your fellow player by skill, quick thinking and a couple of secret special moves. Earn that...